Title
Date Original
1884-1956
Description
This collection contains a historical account of early Little Rock by William Allen Feild, several funeral notices, and numerous photographs taken during the early 1900s.
Biographical/Historical Note
Silas Flournoy Feild was born September 23, 1831, in Tennessee to William Hume Feild, Sr. (1796-1861)and Mary Amanda Flournoy (1806-1860) of Virginia. Silas served as Captain in the Commissary Corps,13th Arkansas Militia, Company A, during the Civil War. He lived in Hempstead County after the war. Silas feared for his life after the collapse of the Confederacy because many blamed him for giving them worthless Confederate money he used to purchase their crops and goods. He and his wife had twelve children. One of his sons, William Allen Feild, was born August 3, 1868. He married Christine Lucchesi, an Italian immigrant, in 1890, and they had ten children. The oldest was Marguerite.
Physical Description
Document, 8.5" x 11"
Geographical Area
Arkansas; Tennessee; Virginia
Language
English
Identifier
SMC.007.020
Resource Type
Text
Collection
Field papers, SMC.007.020
Publisher
Arkansas State Archives
Contributing Entity
Arkansas State Archives
Recommended Citation
Field papers, Arkansas State Archives, Little Rock, Arkansas.
Rights
Use and reproduction of images held by the Arkansas State Archives without prior written permission is prohibited. For information on reproducing images held by the Arkansas State Archives, please call 501-682-6900 or email at state.archives@arkansas.gov.
Disciplines
United States History